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Yes, it should. &nbsp;Especially if you have it always mapped, and no need to give authentication upon access, the NAS drive should show like any other drive on your mac mini.
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I have a mac mini with leopard installed and was wondering if time machine would back up contents FROM a network drive to the external hard drive used for time machine?
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I have a mac mini with leopard installed and was wondering if time machine would back up contents FROM a network drive to the external hard drive used for time machine?

Yes, it should.  Especially if you have it always mapped, and no need to give authentication upon access, the NAS drive should show like any other drive on your mac mini.

Can mac time machine backup from a network drive?

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